RE: Local RPG training...?

Hi James,

I'm not terribly familiar with Oklahoma City, but perhaps a good place to start 
is with your local user group (LUG).  It appears that there's one there...  
Here's the contact information I found...

Oklahoma City Users Group (contact Kris Veitch 800-238-3894) 

There may be community college programs in your area that teach RPG, but many 
of these programs are dying off due to lack of interest in the greater student 
population.  If all else fails, you may be able to contract a local RPG expert 
to mentor you as you start your RPG projects.  All in all, the LUG should be 
able to tell you exactly what's available in your area.

These lists can be a great help, but this forum does not work particularly well 
for entry level education (technical forum, intermediate to advanced).  Many of 
the basic questions have been asked dozens of times, and sometimes it gets 
tedious to answer them again and again.  However, there's a wealth of great 
information in the archives, and much of it is educational in nature, so make 
sure you take a look in the archives.  Many of the finest minds in RPG have 
shared their expertise in these lists, and it's there for everyone's benefit... 
 

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-297-2863 or ext. 1863



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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James Wilson
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 9:41 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Local RPG training...?


I'm currently a Microsoft .NET developer and was hired by a company that 
mainly do RPG development but did have one .NET project that needed to 
be worked on. I was hired as a .NET developer with the understanding 
that I would need to learn and work with RPG and Java. Right now I need 
to be trained in RPG but I can't seem to find anything local here. Does 
anyone know of any good places to learn RPG programming in or around 
Oklahoma City? If I need to travel for training I might be able to do it 
but my employer would prefer if I stick around here. If there is an 
online course I could probably do that too.

TIA

James